Abilene woman, 32, arrested after allegedly attacking man with ax

A 32-year-old Abilene woman is in Taylor County Jail after allegedly striking a man in the neck with an ax.

Crystal Whitley faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest and possession of a controlled substance. She remained jailed with bonds totaling $30,000.

The victim, according to Abilene police, was transported to an Abilene hospital with a severe neck injury. He was listed, as of noon Tuesday, in critical but stable condition.

Police say officers were dispatched to a residence in the 3000 block of Russell Avenue regarding a disturbance about 8:30 p.m. Monday.

"When police arrived, they found a man bleeding from his neck area," an Abilene Police Department news release said. "He claimed the suspect, Crystal Whitley, had struck him in the neck with an ax. Police made contact with Whitley outside of the residence backyard. She was standing on the roof of a storage shed and appeared to be on some type of narcotic."

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A man was taken to an Abilene hospital Monday with a cut to his neck, apparently from an ax attack.

Abilene police weren’t immediately able to provide many details of the incident, but it is known it happened at a home in the 3300 block of Russell Avenue.

Police say a female suspect was taken into custody – and that the victim was treated at Hendrick Medical Center. Her identity wasn't immediately released.

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Ex-Abilene Independent School District Superintendent Heath Burns and Mark Neal, AISD's associate superintendent of legal and human resources, had to give up their cell phones to police on Wednesday, February 25.

The Abilene Police Department executed a search warrant to seize cell phones, call logs, emails and voice mails from both Burns and Neal after they allegedly neglected to report an inappropriate relationship between a former teacher and student.

According to the search warrant, 41-year-old Burns and 57-year-old Neal are being investigated for failure to report child abuse.

"No one in AISD has had the opportunity to obtain or review any police affidavit in support of any search warrant served this week for personal cell phones and/or iPads, as we have been told it has been kept under seal by the court," said AISD in a statement to KTXS News.

The search warrant stated that Burns left out information about having knowledge of the sexual assault.

Burns resigned from Abilene ISD on Feb. 3, but Neal allegedly asked that Burns's account stay active to maintain contact with him, according to the search warrant.

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Unidentified motorcyclist killed in I-20 crash near Cisco

A motorcyclist died as a result of a crash about 9:50 p.m. Sunday on I-20, about one mile west of Cisco.

“The driver was not wearing a helmet and had no identification,” a Texas Department of Public Safety news release said Monday.

The motorcyclist was driving a 2000 Honda Shadow motorcycle.

It was raining and the road was wet and icy at the time of the crash, DPS said.

“Vehicle was traveling east on IH-20 where it hit a patch of ice and went into the south bar ditch,” the news release said. “The motorcycle went into a right side skid and the driver was ejected. The driver was transported to Eastland Memorial Hospital where he died from his injuries.”

According to DPS, the driver was not wearing a helmet and had no identification. His body was taken to Edwards Funeral Home in Eastland.

The investigation continues, DPS said.

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